Pain, anger, and hurt, then black tears
Rejection, envy, and fear, then black tears
They just seem to flow
Until everything is let go
They’re something similar to the rain
Type of tears that wash away all pain
You can’t hide these tears they’re hard to tame
But they wash away all the shame
Black tears are the same tears my ancestors cried
Black tears are the tears I cried when they died
Black tears streamed down their face
When they were punished for being a certain race
Black tears stained their beds
When they were told their only good enough to live in sheds
Black tears kept them strong
When every day society did them wrong
Even when they came last
Black tears washed away their past
I’ll let them flow
I’ll let them go
I’ll let them glow
And I’ll let them show
I’ll let them stream
I’ll let them scream
Because black tears
Is the color of my tears